Ventilated steel end for freight cars



May 25 1926. 1,585,956

I vv. E. vvjbJE VENTILATED STEEL END FOR FREIGHT CARS Filed March 3o. 1925 Patented May 25, 1926'.

WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

VENTILATED STEEL ENID FOR FREIGHT CARS.

Application filed March- S, 1925. Serial No. 19,357.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in steel ends for freight cars and more particularly to a steel end that is arranged and formed to accommodate ventilators.

In the present application, I have shown a steel end applied to a freight car which is arranged to accommodate two ventilators of the lVine type which vventilators are similar in their broadest aspect to the ventilators shown in the patent granted to me on October 1, 1912, No. 1,040,084, and also similar to other ventilators of the same type shown in numerous other patents granted to me since the issuance of the patent above mentioned.

It is to be understood at the outset, however, that other forms of the preferred type of ventilators of similar construction might be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Certain diiiculties are present in the stallation of ventilators in steel end cars which are not present in wooden end cars inasmuch as additional supporting means have to be provided to which the ventilators may be rigidly attached and it is to this end that I have provided two vertically extending bars, preferably Z-bars, and furring strips attached thereto, so that the ventilators may be rigidly supported in their position by the bars and strips just mentioned.

One of the objects, therefore, of the present invention is to provide stout and rigid supporting means for the ventilators which are placed within certain openings formed in the steel end of thewcar, these supporting means being preferably inthe form of Z- bars which extend from substantially the top of the car to the bottom thereof.

Still another object of the invention is to provide and arrange certain bars to which the ventilators are secured so that the bars not only support the ventilators, but also formareinforcement for the steel end substantially centrally thereof, and thus add rigidity and strengthto the steel end as a A whole.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will be more fully disclosed as the specification proceeds, the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an end view of a steel end car, showing the ventilators in position, land the suppoxtingV means being shown in dotted lines. ,Y

F ig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 8 of F ig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow showing the application of the Z-l bars and the furring strips. v

Referring now to the several views, there is shown a fragmentary portion of a freight car 1 having what is known as a steel end 2, which is provided with certain corrugations 3 which appear in vertical series along the opposite sides of the ends while other corrugations 4 are shown which extend substantially across the steel end. l Y

As may be seen in Fig. 1, the steel end generally comprises two plates 5 and 6 which are riveted together as at 7, and these plates likewise are riveted as at 8 to the frame work at the end of the car.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1, there are formed in the steelend the two openings in which there are placed respectively the ventilators 9 and 10. T ese ventilators are of the iii/ine type, which may be more clearly understood by referring to'my Patent No. 1,040,084 of October 1, 1912. Generally speaking, the ventilators comprise a rectangular frame 11 in which are located a plurality of shutters 12 which partly revolve when `operated by a handle 13. i

Now for rigidly supporting-the two ventilators in the ends of the car and bracing the ends of the car, I have shown two, vertically arranged metal bars 14 and 15 which are preferably Z-bars as maj7 be clearly seen in Fig. 3 and extending between one side of the ventilator frame and a portion of a Z- bar is a fnrring strip 16 and a like strip 17, at the opposite side of the frame and its Z-bar. Both of the Z-bars are riveted re spectively through one leg to the plates of the' steel end as'may be seen in Fig. 1, while an opposite leo' of each Z-bar rests against certain parts or the sheathing 18 of the end, thus holding the steel end in certain spaced relation with respect to the inner sheathing of the car end.

The ventilators are rigidly secured to the Z-bars and furring strips by the bolts 19, as may be seen in Fig. 3, the number of bolts depending, of course, on the size of the ventilators. These bolts thus not only pass through the Z-bar-s, but respectively through the furring strips '16 and 17, tightly clamping the ventilator to the Z-bars which are, in turn, it will be remembered, secured to the steel end. This makes an excellent supporting means for the ventilators, ventilators of this type have to be made of cast steel and are of such weight that they should be rigidly supported.

Furthermore, a freight car is subjected to severe shock in stopping and starting and it is very essential that the ventilators be tightly and securely held in place.

From the foregoing it will be seen that l have provided a steel end for freight cars with certain openings for the reception of ventilators, and l have provided means for rigidly supporting the ventilators, and at the same time` the supporting means holds the steel end in its proper spaced relation and reinforces the end substantially at its center, thus providing a more rigid structure than is ordinarily found in cars provided with steel ends.

Bars of other shapes may be used, but I prefer the Z-bar as one leg contacts with and is secured to the steel end, the other leg contacts with the wooden sheathing, and a furring strip can be placed in the box-like opening formed between the Z-bar and the side frames 0f the ventilators, so that the ventilator may be rigidly bolted to both the furring strip and the Z-bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A car having a steel end, said end provided with an opening. a ventilator within said opening, angular shaped metal bars secured to the inner surface of said steel end adjacent said opening, and the said ventilator rigidly secured to said metal bars.

2. A car having a steel end, said end provided with openings therein, ventilators extending` within said openings, metal bars having angularly disposed sections secured to the inner surface of said steel end and adjacent the opposite side of the said ogenings, and the ventilators rigidly secured respectively to one of the sections of each of said bars.

3. it car having a steel end, the said end provided with openings therein, ventilators mounted within said openings, metal bars having at least three sections or legs secured to the inner surface of said steel end, and said metal bars being arranged vertically of the steel end and adjacent the opposite sides of the said openings, and the said ventilators rigidly secured respectively to one of said legs of the said metal bars.

4. A car having a steel end, the said end provided with .openings therein, ventilators extending within said openings, metal Z- bars secured to the rear surface said steel end and adjacent the opposite of the said openings, and the ventilators rigidly secured respectively to the parallel portions of the. said Z-bars.

5. A ear having a steel end, the said end provided with openings therein, ventilators extending within said openings, metal Z* bars secured by their one leg to the rear surface of said steel end adjacent the opposite sides of said openings, the outwardly extending legs of the said Z-bars contacting with the sheathing of the car, a furring strip extending respectively between the Z-bars and the side strip of the ventilators, and said ventilators bolted to the said Zebars and furring strips.

6. A ear having a steel end, the said end provided with openings therein and ventilators within said openings, metal Z-bars secured to the rear surface of said steel end and adjacent the opposite sides of the openings, said Z-bars located substantially eentrally of the steel end, furring strips eJ-tending between the Z-bars and the side frames of the ventilators, and means passing through thel said Z-bars and furring strips and through the side fianges of the ventilators to rigidly secure the ventilators in position.

7. A car having` a steel end provided with a plurality of corrugations, some of which extend substantially across the steel end, vertical means extending between the inner sheathing of the car end and the -said steel end for holding' the Asteel end in proper spaced relation, the said steel end provided with a plurality of openings therein, said openings located between the said vertical means, wooden strips adjacent the verti 'al means and ventilators within said openings and supported by the vertical means and tlie wooden strip.

In testimony whereof I ati'ix my signaH ture.

VILLIAM E. VINE. 

